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Topic: quit smoking and now im constipated (Read 22230 times)

sorry for the tmi once again but im getting a little annoyed here. Quit smoking 7 weeks ago, thats going great however I think my body is adjusting to life without the smoking/chemicals adn now im having trouble here...i go a few days without a bm and before-when i was smoking i was going every day. I know I know we talked about this yesterday and since then I thought for sure I'd ahve a bm but here we are...day 3 or 4 now Im afraid to actually count. I'm getting these weird feelings like either cramps or trapped gas. I know-how attractive ...again...sorry. But it's like I know theres a lot in there, under my belly button like...i'm getting frustrated. Seriously-WHAT IS CONSTIPATION??? I read that anything less than 3 times a week...wth..??? i know -fiber, water, blah blah but seriously how much more??boy an i the idiot for complaining about this huh? i know its stupid but I just worry because of colon ca in my family...."any change in bm..." you know they say adn this is a change. I know the not smoking HAS to have something to do with it right? so its not ca....?? right?

Crazy- This is normal. My step mom complained about the same thing... I know coffee helped her- but she didnt have anxiety. I know there are some natural teas that are mild but can help things flowing... Have you tried one of those?

Well congrats on quiting smoking- I know its hard and I wish you all the luck and stay strong!

Same thing happened to me with my last attempt at quitting smoking. Smoking aggravates the digestive system, that's why you were going more then. Now, your system is just trying to get used to going without the nicotene. Tea with orange or ginger in it usually helps.

I quit smoking when I got pregnant last year and had the same issues- My morning smoke always set off my daily bm and then when I quit nothing!! I can't really drink coffee without getting anxiety so I drank Hot Green tea with lemon and that seemed to get things moving too it did eventually go back to normal. Its not cancer there is something about nicotine that stimulates things down there- good luck! And congrats on quitting smoking I don't know about you but once my Ha kicked in smoking just made me worry about lung cancer- so at least you can cross that one off now:)

thanks all...one thing though that I keep forgetting is that I'm still getting nicotine--from the patches! So I could assume that the going every day when i smoked and now Im not is from all that other crap ( gosh no pun seriously...lol) in cigarettes...? right?floridaguy--thanx, that colon ca fear really just doesnt wanna let go. Ok-what if there werent any polyps missed...i could still be "getting/developing" it couldnt I? like an aggressive fast growing kind...Well I had a bm this morning so a lot of the doscomfort is gone but I sitll feel ...backed up, just not myself. It's GOTTA be from not smoking right? I just dont wanna take anything for it ( well I went today so I guess I dont need to this time...) because I want to see what will make me regular again I guess. Just from not smoking right? It'll "correct" itself right?

Thats awesome that you quit smokeing! How did you do it? Ive been trying but always fail and cancer is my number 1 fear go figure! I wish I had never started. I try and quit but as soon as my anxiety flares up i smoke.